Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg committed $10 million to fighting racial injustice amid outrage at Facebook's handling of Trump's post threatening protesters

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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has committed a $10 million donation from the company towards groups fighting racial injustice.
• Facebook's donation comes amid an outbreak of protests across the US against the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck.
• Acknowledging that $10 million "can't fix this", Zuckerberg added that he and his wife Priscilla Chan had invested $40 million annually into racial justice causes via their foundation.
• Zuckerberg is facing widespread internal and external dissent over Facebook's decision not to remove social media posts by President Trump that appeared to threaten protesters in Minneapolis.
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out for the second time in two days about the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In a late Sunday post, Zuckerberg committed $10 million to groups fighting racial inequality.

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